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Device for stimulating living tissue

US5470348A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 1995
Grant dateNov 28, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/372
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for stimulating heart tissue contains a stimulation unit connected via a switching device to an electrode system. The number of connecting lines between the stimulation unit and the switching device is minimized by emitting control signals and stimulation pulses from a common pulse signal output socket of the stimulation unit. The switching device contains a signal discriminator which separates the control signals from the stimulation pulses, the control signals then controlling the switching device such that the stimulation pulses are delivered to a specific part of the electrode system.

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